Table 2 Categories and subcategories from the qualitative content analysis
Altruistic reasons | Personal reasons | External reasons and factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
Reasons for participating | To help other adolescents in the same situation To contribute to research and improved care Participating was the right thing to do | Meeting others in the same situation Educational objectives | Parents as facilitators |
Reasons for not participating | Meeting others in the same situation Being healthy and therefore not needing the study Fearing what the study would evoke and demand of me | Parents as barriers |